Help needed: Airplay from Apple Music (iOS) stops and better integration between squeezelite and shairport.

[alwynpinto]

@mikebrady. Amazing application. Thank you.

i just recently moved to Apple Music and i am using a piCorePlayer v10.0 64bit on a RPI3B+

I normally have my local music on my Unraid - LMS server and would like to play my local music and Apple Music.
There are 2 issues I have that I have tried to resolve:

1. pCP connected via wireless; Apple music playback is inconsistent and stops after a couple of tracks.
2. I wanted the music to playback music from my local music and Apple Music but the piCorePlayer does not stop Shairport Sync and let Squeezelite take over (and vice versa).

Perplexity came up with the following configuration settings which are acceptable. I have to still stop Squeezelite and then cast on Shairport Sync (and vice versa).

Can you please suggest any setting on the configuration file to address Issue 1 and make better Issue 2?

general =
{
        name = "piCoreFamilyAirplay";
        run_this_before_play_begins = "/usr/local/etc/init.d/squeezelite stop";
        run_this_after_play_ends = "/usr/local/etc/init.d/squeezelite start";
}

alsa =
{
        disable_standby_mode = "auto";
};

metadata =
{
        enabled = "yes";
        include_cover_art = "yes";
        cover_art_cache_directory = "";
        pipe_name = "/tmp/shairport-sync-metadata";
};

diagnostics =
{
        log_output_to = "/var/log/pcp_shairport-sync.log";
        statistics = "no";
        log_verbosity = 1;
};

Thank you
HP

[mikebrady]

Thanks for the post, (which I edited very slightly -- hope it's okay) but this is really an Issue rather than a point of discussion.

For the first issue, let me suggest that you take a look at the Troubleshooting guide.

Not being familiar with piCorePlayer, I'm afraid I can't advise on Issue 2 -- maybe someone else can chime in... Maybe the piCoreplayer guys can advise.